some are
delicious
marvelous
dangerous
what else?
thanks!
2007-05-27 20:32:43 · 6 answers · asked by i.give 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
According to morewords.com there are 1801 such words -- of those 1201 end ith "ous".
To view these two lists for yourself, go to:
http://www.morewords.com/ends-with/us
http://www.morewords.com/ends-with/ous
Of course, I won't list them all, just the LONGEST ones -- the 29 words with at least 15 letters:
15 letters (21)
* anthropophagous, antituberculous, basidiomycetous, collenchymatous, contemporaneous, cytomegalovirus, deuteranomalous, disadvantageous, echinodermatous, enantiomorphous, epitheliomatous, excrementitious, hyperfastidious, nonsimultaneous, pithecanthropus, pulchritudinous, streptobacillus, tarsometatarsus, ultrafastidious, unfossiliferous, vicissitudinous
16 letters (3)
* monocotyledonous, organophosphorus, sclerenchymatous
17 letters (2)
* organophosphorous, overconscientious
18 letters (3)
* adenocarcinomatous, microlepidopterous, verisimilitudinous
(hmm - five of those are considered standard enough that they were included in Yahoo's spell check!)
2007-05-27 23:10:05 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
census
contagious
furious
delirious
zealous
there are probably thousands ... are you looking for a rhyme? If so then add what you're trying to rhyme and the general mood of the piece that you're working on ... the importance of the mood is quite serious ;-)
2007-05-27 20:40:15 · answer #2 · answered by OutThere5280 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
famous
joyous
tremendous
impetus
octopus
ferocious
victorious
obvious
serious
fabulous
coniferous
omnibus
onus
opus
various
voluminous
and probably about 200 others, but I don't want to be too loquacious
2007-05-27 20:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by Jeff S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
atrocious
cautious
capricious
ferocious
gregarious
malicious
luscious
obnoxious
stupendous
tenacious
2007-05-27 20:39:29 · answer #4 · answered by lilneo0082 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
notorious
ambidextrous
2007-05-27 20:37:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
minus
frivilous
bus
pus
gratious
pervious
previous
virus
2007-05-27 20:43:02 · answer #6 · answered by suekiemama@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋